i had a dream that the i saw the 8 coolest kidz at my skool on vacation. they went to my rented house on the beach. we chilled 1 hr. then i went inside to go on adarq.org for 5 min. when i came back, everybody was gone and replaced with 5 fat kids. turns out i was on adarq.org for 30 min
Orthotics will be custom made (got some plaster casts today; they'll be ready in three weeks). They're supposed to change the way I toe-off, basically not allowing my big toes to extend so much and transferring the movement to the middle of my foot. Or something along those lines. I'll still get push off my toes, they just won't come up as much. On the x-ray you could clearly see that the joint there is not normally shaped. It's supposed to be a ball and socket, but mine is much more like two flat bones running past each other. And the joint space isn't big enough. All that has led to a nice bone spur on top of my foot. My metatarsal rubbing up against the spur is what's making me hurt. Also, I'm to get stiffer-soled shoes. Balls.
ah ok.
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Anyway, had a nice easy workout today. It's so beautiful outside I can hardly believe it.
was here today also..
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run @easy pace x25mins, 3 miles -- 8:20 pace. HR was around 151. Something about running outside makes me able to go a lot faster than I could on a treadmill with lower HR and MUCH lower perceived effort. This run felt easy. Fuck treadmills.
ya i can't stand running on treadmills, i need changing scenery.
florians jaw is going to get knocked so hard, that redneck wouldnt even be able to eat mashed potatoes
that was retarded.
but on that note, florian is going to armbar gomi so bad he won't be able to eat his pork fried rice with chopstix, he'll have to use a fork, which will shame his samurai honor.
i know right.. eek.. I can't imagine his 600 for 6, thought it might have been better than what we see in this vid, considering he was in his prime for 600x6.
darq, how would you describe you squatting style? Have you changed it up since you last trained for vert at all, besides not doing much full squatting anymore?
you mean for me personally? well, my squatting style changed alot when I got oly-shoes, I got deeper instantly with better form.
So, with oly shoes: - mid bar - slightly below parallel - feet slightly turned out, a little wider than shoulders width
It worked good but, I was getting hip pain at times, that I just cured with some stretches, but I didn't realize how bad it was actually getting. So eventually I had lots of hip pain, it lasted for a month or more, so I stopped going deep. I ended up changing my form to:
New form: - Close stance, feet neutral - regular shoes (mostly, sometimes olys) - mid bar - half squatting
So that led me to my biggest PR's in RVJ. I was still getting lots of hamstring in the movement, even more quad, and some glute. I focused on glutes using walking lunges and stepups.
My squatting now, as of like 3 days ago, is deep. If I feel alright I'll do my half squatting. I'm trying to go light though, so I'm not really going to be pushing the weight on my deep squatting.
So my current form is: - heels elevated in flats - mid or high bar - close stance, feet neutral - very deep (deeper than initial vid) - lighter weight, higher reps
OR for strength: - same as my half squat thing above
I'll get vid of my very deep squatting eventually, should look very different than anything I've put up before.
Side rant not aimed at anyone here: Most HS and College SC coaches SUCK!!! SUCK!!! oh they SUCK!! We get so many kids with problems that could have been prevented with solid coaching that it makes me sick!
This is a call em out to all HS SC coahces:
Get your head out of your ass. Cause Good Ol' Boyd did it in the 90's doesn;t make it right. Try something new like being open minded and learning something once in a while. Get your head out of your ass.
If your fucking kid cant squat right what makes you think, in your feeble mind, that you can coach a proper clean or snatch!
True dat mofo
ya..
I'm confused by the coaches that teach oly's, that don't know how to teach oly's or do them themselves.
That never made sense to me. Maybe it's similar to this basketball coach I had when I was like 10. This guy told us to shoot EVERYTHING off the backboard, even freethrows etc. He wore his shorts VERY high, higher than john stockton. I didn't listen to him, I wasn't retarded, but other people did. I think the point here is, how can you teach a jump shot if you can't do one yourself?
H.S. / College coaches that are USAW certified usually aren't going to let people perform clean pull reverse curls. They usually will hold athletes back, on a proper oly progression, while improving strength on the side, instead of just loading it up and acting retarded. That being said, for most athletes, I personally only think the pulls are needed.